January 8, 2024 , CogniShift Magazine
Artist Designer Enterpreneur Mari Poghosyan
Artist Designer Enterpreneur Mari Poghosyan
"Mari Poghosyan is a multifaceted Armenian artist, designer, and entrepreneur with a remarkable flair for creativity. Having completed a master's degree in Design, specializing in Fashion, Interior, and Exterior Design, Mari has established herself as a versatile and innovative professional. Her exceptional talent in design was recognized in 2006 when she won the prestigious Ruskiy Silhouette title, a testament to her skill in creating unique and elegant boutique costumes. Beyond fashion design, Mari is also an accomplished artist, known for her diverse artistic expressions in oil painting, glass painting, and other mediums. Her artworks have been showcased in numerous exhibitions, demonstrating her ability to capture beauty and emotion in various forms. Based in Chennai, Mari is not only a fashion and art entrepreneur but also the esteemed curator of the Armenian Virtual Museum.
In addition to her artistic and entrepreneurial endeavors, Mari Poghosyan has co-authored the book 'Armenian Legacy in India: Chronicles Deciphering Indian and Armenian Cultural Legacies' with Dr. Prashant Madanmohan. This seminal work illuminates the profound connections and cultural exchanges between India and Armenia. It stands as a testament to their extensive research and passionate advocacy for Armenian culture, offering readers a rich tapestry of stories, historical insights, and cultural intersections. This contribution further highlights Mari's dedication to exploring and celebrating the intertwined histories and cultures of Armenia and India."
Popular Works
Aseghnagorts Embroidered Khachkhar Acrylic on Canvas painting 50×60cm Original art Mari Poghosyan
Aseghnagorts Embroidered Khachkhar Acrylic on Canvas painting 50×60cm Original art Mari Poghosyan
"Embroidered khachkar" (cross-stone) This amazing stone carving made of tuff is located at Goshavank monastery in Gosh village of Tavush province of Armenia.It was carved by the artist Poghos in the 13th century.
TATEV MONASTERY Acrylic on Canvas painting 50×60cm Original art Mari Poghosyan
TATEV MONASTERY Acrylic on Canvas painting 50×60cm Original art Mari Poghosyan
The Tatev Monastery (Armenian: Տաթևի վանք, romanized: Tat'evi vank') is a 9th-century Armenian Apostolic Christian monastery located on a large basalt plateau near the village of Tatev in the Syunik Province in southeastern Armenia.
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Geghard monastery Acrylic on Canvas painting 50×60cm Original art Mari Poghosyan Geghard (Armenian: Գեղարդ, meaning "spear")
Geghard monastery Acrylic on Canvas painting 50×60cm Original art Mari Poghosyan Geghard (Armenian: Գեղարդ, meaning "spear") is a medieval monastery in the Kotayk province of Armenia, being partially carved out of the adjacent mountain, surrounded by cliffs. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site with enhanced protection status.
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Symphony of Armenia Acrylic on Canvas painting 50×60cm Original art Mari Poghosyan
Symphony of Armenia Acrylic on Canvas painting 50×60cm Original art Mari Poghosyan
The painting shows the Ararat mountain in the background and the Khorvirap Monastery, along with fruits which represent Armenia.Also the traditional Armenian Rug with Armenian motifs and ornaments, Also is featured the DUDUK - traditional Armenian musical instrument.
UNESCO proclaimed the Armenian duduk and its music as a Masterpiece of the Intangible Heritage of Humanity in 2005 and inscribed it in 2008. The duduk (/duːˈduːk/ doo-DOOK; Armenian: դուդուկ IPA: [duˈduk])[1] or tsiranapogh (Armenian: ծիրանափող, meaning "apricot-made wind instrument"), is a double reed woodwind instrument made of apricot wood originating from Armenia. Khor Virap (Armenian: Խոր Վիրապ, lit. 'deep dungeon'[1]) is an Armenian monastery located in the Ararat Plain in Armenia, near the border with Turkey, about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) south of Artashat, Ararat Province, within the territory of ancient Artaxata.
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Zvartnots Cathedral Acrylic on Canvas painting 50×60cm Original art Mari Poghosyan
Zvartnots Cathedral
Acrylic on Canvas painting 50×60cm Original art
Mari Poghosyan
Zvartnots Cathedral (Armenian: Զուարթնոց (classical); Զվարթնոց (reformed), sometimes rendered in scholarly works as Zuart'nots' or Zuart'noc' ; lit. 'place of reserection/lifefulness/joyfulness') is a medieval Armenian cathedral near Vagharshapat (Ejmiatsin), Armenia. Built in the seventh century and now lying in ruins, Zvartnots was noted for its circular exterior structure, unique in medieval Armenian architecture, and a set of interior piers that upheld a multifloor structure crowned with a dome.
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Moonrise Jan 9 2024 ,Oil painting on canvas, Mari Poghosyan
Moonrise Jan 9 2024 , Oil painting on canvas Mari Poghosyan
Noravank Monastery Jan 25 2024 ,Oil painting on canvas, Mari Poghosyan
Noravank Monastery Jan 25 2024 , Oil painting on canvas Mari Poghosyan
Noravank (Armenian: Նորավանք, lit. 'new monastery') is a 13th-century Armenian monastery, located 122 km from Yerevan in a narrow gorge made by the Amaghu River, near the town of Yeghegnadzor in Armenia. The gorge is known for its tall, sheer, brick-red cliffs, directly across from the monastery.
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Վանա լիճ, Աղթամարի Սուրբ Խաչ եկեղեցի, Հայ ճարտարապետության կոթողներից մեկը։ Lake Van, Holy Cross Church of Akhtamar, one of the monuments of Armenian architecture. Oil painting on canvas 98x76 cm Original art Mari Poghosyan
Վանա լիճ, Աղթամարի Սուրբ Խաչ եկեղեցի, Հայ ճարտարապետության կոթողներից մեկը։ Lake Van, Holy Cross Church of Akhtamar, one of the monuments of Armenian architecture. Oil painting on canvas 98x76 cm Original art Mari Poghosyan 12 Feb 2024
The Cathedral of the Holy Cross (Armenian: Սուրբ Խաչ եկեղեցի, romanized: Surp Khachʿ egeghetsʿi, Turkish: Akdamar Kilisesi or Surp Haç Kilisesi) on Aghtamar Island, in Lake Van in eastern Turkey, is a medieval Armenian Apostolic cathedral, built as a palatine church for the kings of Vaspurakan and later serving as the seat of the Catholicosate of Aghtamar.
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Komitas, "Krunk" Acrylic on Canvas painting 50×60cm Original art Mari Poghosyan
Komitas, "Krunk" Acrylic on Canvas painting 50×60cm Original art Mari Poghosyan
Soghomon Soghomonian,[A] ordained and commonly known as Komitas (Armenian: Կոմիտաս; musicologist, composer, arranger, singer, and choirmaster, who is considered the founder of the Armenian national school of music. "Krunk" has become popular, it has become a symbol of longing for the homeland, hospitality and patriotism. "Krunk" is a lyric and lyric-dramatic poem. The words penned with high poetic art were preserved in the 17th century. manuscript in the press
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The Garni Temple Acrylic on Canvas painting 50×60cm Original art Mari Poghosyan 27:3:24
The Garni Temple Acrylic on Canvas painting 50×60cm Original art Mari Poghosyan 27:3:24
The Garni Temple is the only standing Greco-Roman colonnaded building in Armenia. Built in the Ionic order, it is located in the village of Garni, in central Armenia, around 30 km (19 mi) east of Yerevan. It is the best-known structure and symbol of pre-Christian Armenia.
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From the Ashes ,Armenian Genocide Memorial Acrylic on Canvas painting 50×60cm Mari Poghosyan 6.02.2024
From the Ashes ,Armenian Genocide Memorial Acrylic on Canvas painting 50×60cm, Mari Poghosyan , 6.02.2024 #art #armenia #ArmenianGenocide
This painting is dedicated to the victims of the Armenian Genocide .
The Armenian Genocide Memorial complex (Armenian: Հայոց ցեղասպանության զոհերի հուշահամալիր, Hayots tseghaspanutyan zoheri hushahamalir, or Ծիծեռնակաբերդ, Tsitsernakaberd) is Armenia's official memorial dedicated to the victims of the Armenian genocide, built in 1967 on the hill of Tsitsernakaberd (Armenian: Ծիծեռնակաբերդ) in Yerevan. Every year on 24 April, the Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, thousands of Armenians gather at the memorial to commemorate the victims of the genocide. The people who gather in Tsiternakaberd lay fresh flowers out of respect for all the people who died in the Armenian genocide. Over the years, from around the world, a wide range of politicians, artists, musicians, athletes, and religious figures have visited the memorial. Also featured in the painting is Mother Arising Out of the Ashes, memorial statue (2002) located in the complex.
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Amberd Acrylic on Canvas painting 50×60cm Original art Mari Poghosyan Amberd (Armenian: Ամբերդ) is a 10th-century fortress . The name translates to "fortress in the clouds" in Armenian.
Amberd Acrylic on Canvas painting 50×60cm Original art Mari Poghosyan Amberd (Armenian: Ամբերդ) is a 10th-century fortress . The name translates to "fortress in the clouds" in Armenian.
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Shore Temple Mahabalipuram,Oil painting on canvas Jan 8 2024 , Mari Poghosyan
Shore Temple Mahabalipuram Jan 8 2024 , Oil painting on canvas Mari Poghosyan
Dadivank Armenian Monastery in winter ❄️ ❄️❄️ Original Art , Oil on Canvas, 98 x 69 cm. Mari Poghosyan Jan 31 2024 , Mari Poghosyan
Dadivank Armenian Monastery in winter 
Original Art , Oil painting on Canvas, 98 x 69 cm. Mari Poghosyan Dadivank (Armenian: Դադիվանք) or Khutavank (Armenian: Խութավանք, lit. 'monastery on the hill') is an Armenian Apostolic monastery in the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan. It was built between the 9th and 13th centuries and is one of the main monastic complexes of medieval Armenia.
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Khndzoresk caves, Armenia Oil painting on canvas 98x76 cm Original art Mari Poghosyan
Khndzoresk caves, Armenia Oil painting on canvas 98x76 cm Original art Mari Poghosyan
Khndzoresk (Armenian: Խնձորեսկ, pronounced [χəndzɔˈɾɛsk]) is a village in the Goris Municipality of the Syunik Province in Armenia. The village is located to the east of the Goris-Stepanakert highway, on the steep slopes of Khor Dzor (Deep Gorge), which the village is named after, according to tradition.
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Armenia Art Virtual Museum
Artsakh-Rug-Armenian-lady
Artsakh-Rug-Armenian-lady Mari Poghosyan Armenia virtual museum
Pencil sketch SIAMANTO, Mari Poghosyan Armenia virtual museum
Pencil sketch SIAMANTO - great Armenian Siamanto, was an influential Armenian writer, poet and national figure from the late 19th century and early 20th century. Mari Poghosyan Armenia virtual museum
Artsakh Winter costume of a woman
Artsakh Winter costume of a woman Mari Poghosyan Armenia virtual museum
Pencil sketch Daniel Varoujan , Mari Poghosyan Armenia virtual museum
Pencil sketch Daniel Varoujan- great Armenian. Daniel Varoujan was an Armenian poet of the early 20th century. Mari Poghosyan Armenia virtual museum
Artsakh jewellery of a woman
Artsakh jewellery of a woman Mari Poghosyan Armenia virtual museum
Glass Painting Collection
Sunset Yacht Jan 8 2024 , Mari Poghosyan
Sunset Yacht Jan 8 2024 , Mari Poghosyan
Indian Peacock Jan 8 2024 , Mari Poghosyan
Indian Peacock Jan 8 2024 , Mari Poghosyan
Fire Woman Jan 8 2024 , Mari Poghosyan
Fire Woman Jan 8 2024 , Mari Poghosyan
Eye of the Tiger Jan 8 2024 , Mari Poghosyan
Eye of the Tiger Jan 8 2024 , Mari Poghosyan
Fashion Design Expo Ruskiy Silhouette
Fashion Designers Expo,Ruskiy Silhouette,Yerevan, 2006 Joint work of Mari Poghosyan and Anyuta Gasparyan.
Fashion Designers Expo ,Ruskiy Silhouette ,Yerevan, 2006
Joint work of Mari Poghosyan and Anyuta Gasparyan.
Fashion Designers Expo,Ruskiy Silhouette,Yerevan, 2006 Joint work of Mari Poghosyan and Anyuta Gasparyan.
Fashion Designers Expo ,Ruskiy Silhouette ,Yerevan, 2006
Joint work of Mari Poghosyan and Anyuta Gasparyan.
Fashion Designers Expo,Ruskiy Silhouette,Yerevan, 2006 Joint work of Mari Poghosyan and Anyuta Gasparyan.
Fashion Designers Expo,Ruskiy Silhouette,Yerevan, 2006 Joint work of Mari Poghosyan and Anyuta Gasparyan.
Fashion Designers Expo,Ruskiy Silhouette,Yerevan, 2006 Joint work of Mari Poghosyan and Anyuta Gasparyan.
Fashion Designers Expo,Ruskiy Silhouette,Yerevan, 2006 Joint work of Mari Poghosyan and Anyuta Gasparyan.
More Works
Green Geisha Jan 8 2024 , Mari Poghosyan
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Sakura Queen , July 2009 Water color pencils
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